Re: [2.6 patch] mark virt_to_bus/bus_to_virt as __deprecated on i386

[Dave Jones]

On Sat, Nov 19, 2005 at 01:34:35AM +0100, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
 > On Thu, Nov 17, 2005 at 08:03:54PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
 > > "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
 > > >
 > > > The deprecated warnings are so easy to filter out, so I don't think
 > > >  noise is a good argument.  I see them all the time too.
 > > 
 > > That works for you and me.  But how to train all those people who write
 > > warny patches?
 > 
 > Would it work to use -Werror only on some parts of the kernel.
 > Thinking of teaching kbuild to recursively apply a flags to gcc.

Only if you also add a load of gcc switches to disable some
of the more pointless warnings, and also can live with released
kernels breaking each time a new gcc gets released.

It's an uphill battle, which is why I only suggested it in
a humourous context.

		Dave

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